Post #2 Form B

The book The Blade Itself is not necessarily a book that fits into the outline for a book. For one, the book has four main characters instead of one. Thus far I have only read about two of them. One is a barbarian who is fighting to survive and killed multiple people in the first ten pages. The second is a torturer/inquisitor. He, well, tortures people for information. Neither of these people are what one would consider ‘good’. This leads me to my next point. So far there has been NO protagonist. None. Zip. Zero. Nada. But other than this odd classification the book is pretty good. It has been well written and the author uses a lot of description when he is explaining how people are acting or the environment of the scene. “The gorge was deep. Very deep with sheer, rocky sides. Here and there a tree clung to a crack, growing out into the empty air and spreading its leaves into space. The river hissed away far below, fast and angry, foaming white water fringed by jagged black stone.” (8) This passage is an example of the description the author uses. It paints a vivid picture in the mind of the reader and gives off a definite mood to the scene. Thus, overall the book is pretty decent despite being very blood gory.